Re: Root sending messages to users
2008/6/20 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
>> Well, it is a one-user box,
>
> No it's not. Unix hasn't just had "meat" users in 30 years. If you
> don't believe me, cat her box's /etc/passwd.
>
I meant, the only human user.
>> but she is that user! When I SSH in I SSH in as her.
>
> That's horrible security practice. Add an account for yourself, and
> ssh in under it.
>
I only SSH in from the LAN for a few seconds time ever. I update her
system with apt-get, I copy over a file, stuff like that. There is no
NAT on the router, so SSH is not forwarded in from outside.
Dotan Cohen
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